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OSCAR JUNGGREN, OF SCHENEOTADY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL ELFL'YIRIU I COMPANY,-A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

MIDDLE BEARING FOR VERTICAL-SHAFT TURBO-GENERATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Application filed February 26, 1909. Serial No. 480,113

of New York, have invented certain new andusel'ul Improvements in Middle Bearings l'or Ycrtical-Sha'l't Turbo-Generators, ol which the, following is a speeificatiin Elastic thud turbines ot the vertical shalt type'are largely used to drive electric generators both of the alternatingl and direct current types. Mounted on top of the turbine casing is a stool or support upon which the generator rests. monly used for both turbine and generator although a two-piece shalt may be employed with a suitable coupling between. The shaft, however it be made, is usually provided with three guide bearings, one at the bottom, one between the turbine and generator, detachably supported by the stool or support, and the third at the top of the genorator. The weight of the shaft and that ol' the revolving members 01" the turbine and generator carried thereby is supported by a step bearing.

Trouble has been experienced with the supporting means for the middle bearing be cause the parts thereof and the stool or support do not expand and contract equally in the same unit of time and as a result the supporting means are sometimes broken resultmg in shut downs and sometimes causing material damage. liurther-sinee the bearing parts are separable or detachable from the support is is a more or less ditlicult matter to aline the bearing originally, and also to realine itwhen for any reason the machine is reassembled after being taken down. It is also a diflicult task torremovo the cap of the middle bearing owing to its great weight and to the fact that it is located in a relatively restricted space between two parts of much larger diameter and where it is impossible to use a crane or other power means until the cap has been moved manually to one side of the machine and out of line with the generator.

The present invention has for-its object to provide a middle bearing for a vertical shat't turbine and its driven apparatus, and a support for it and said apparatus which is free from the objections above noted.

For a consideration of what I believe to be novel andmy invent-ion, attention is directed A single piece shaft is com-' to the accompanying description and the claims appended thereto.

in the aceo npanving drawings which illusirate one. of the ernluu'hnients of my inven tion ol the turbine and generator with the intervening support: Fi 2 is an axial section of the saine showing the relation of the bearingto the other parts: and Fig.

n 1: 11 plan view of the turbineainl stool or support with certain of the. parts in sect ion.

1 indicates the turbine which may be ol' the (urris or other type. 'As shown. steam is admitted to the wheel l'roln opposite sides to assist in reducing strains due to distort ion. Mounted on the upper head is an annular stool or support 2 that supports thckgenerator 3 and maintains the parts in proper aline .ment. The lower end of the annular supporl is provided with an outwardly extending flange that is'holted to the top oilhe turbine casing, and the upper end with an inwardl extending llange that is bolted to the casing of the generator. These 'llanges co'iperatc with the annular wall ol'ithe support to make it exceedingly rigid. The revolving members are carried by the vertical shaft 4 that is su ported against lateral thrust in the midd e bearing 5. v

The bearing is supported by a number of radial arms 6 that are east integral with it and with the main body of the sup )ort 2. These arms are raced above and below by thiekribs 7 so as to withstand strains of all kinds to which they may lie-subjected. The annular support or stool is cut away on one side to provide an opening 8 through which i the bearing cap can be removed, and through which a man can enter to get at the bearing.

made toreduee the weight of the su )port or for other reasons? on one side'of tl the arms 9 and 10 instead ofextending ra dially from the shaft extend parallel to each other to provide a means whereby the bearing cap can be readily removed as will appear later. The cap not the bearing. is made detachon opposite sides thereof. The machine to whichnrvdnventum ls applied has an output of 14.000 kilowatts;and the pounds The-distance from the topot the turbine to theibot tonrof'the generator is be tion. Figure l is a partial view in side eleva- One or more additional openings may be These arms are-also braced b v ribs 7.

able and is'secured in place by bolts arranged part u-ular bearing cap alone weighs three thousand,

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tween 5 and 0 feet, and the diameter of said sup ort midway of its ends is between 12 and 13 eet. The weight of the support and the fixed part of the bearing is approximately 41,000 pounds. "This will give some idea both as to the size-of the-machine and the difficulties attending the mounting and" removal of the bearing cap-., These figures are given as an illustration andnotas a limita tion of my invention because obviously the same arrangement can be utilized with heavier as well as with lighter )arts, although,

the invention is not especial intended for use in relatively small machines where-the parts can readily be handled The bearing is bored out to form a spheris removed and the collar 14 rests thereon.

The-sleeve 12 is held between collars 14 and 15. By making the sleeve 12 in two parts it can be removed when the cap is taken off without disturbing the other parts of the bearing or its support.

To facilitate the removal of the cap the opposed faces of the parallel arms 9 and 10 are provided with fixed tracks or guides 16 and 17 that extend perpendicularly to a plane passing through the shaft and from the meeting faces of the bearing to a point some distance beyond the stool or support, as shown in Fig. 2. These tracks or guides can be formed integral with the arms but it ispreferable, owing to the reduced cost of fmanufacture, to s ot face the arms and bolt the tracks to the 'nished spots or faces. Oh the sides of the cap are shoulders 18 that rest on the tracks. The shoulders are formed by cutting slots or grooves in the sides of the cap and are of such a size that they make an easy fit with. the tracks. Owing to the fact that the cap has considerable stock at these pointsa .long bearing surface is provided which holds the cap in an upright position While being .moved; toward and away from thes aft and which also prevents the same fro I ng cramped in place during such open, The tracks and slots should be so arranged that when the cap bolts are removed the cap will be supported in-position, and so thatawhenthe cap is slid into place by moving it alongfjthe tracks that the bolt holes in the capfan'd in the bearing proper In this way raising, loweringwill register. .or side-wise movements of the cap will be avoided, and the labor incident thereto re- 'duced to a minimum.

Assuming that it is desired to mount the ear-zap in place it is brought by a crane or other the tracks.

is reduced to aminimum.

annular support.

means to substantially the dotted line position shown on the right of Fig. 2, and is then pushed into place along the guides, the crane assisting until the cap is fully supported by p In this way all manual lifting of the parts isavoided, and the labor of mounting is limited to sliding the-cap along the tracks which is a very reat advantage as will be evident to those s illed in the art. In my improved construction since the arms that support the bearing are formed integral with one portion of it and with the annular'support for the generator, it is evident that expansion and contraction will affect all parts equally and hence the danger of the parts getting out of line or breaking By making the fixed part of the bearing integralwith the arms and annular sup ort it is easier to aline the parts of the mac ine than where both parts of the bearing are separable from said support, and once the alinement is obtained it is a relatively easy matter to assemble the machine in'the station ofthe operating company. Since four of the arms su' porting the bearing are exactly radial and t "e other two are not greatly removed from such relation the stresses in said arms will be practically uniform as will also the stresses on the In accordance with the provisions'of the patent statutes, I have described the principle ofoperation of my invention, together with the apparatus which I consider to rep resent thebest embodiment thereof; but I desire to hav'eit'understood that the ap a rat-us shown is only illustrative, and t atv the invention can be carried out by othermeans.

- VVhatIclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In combination, a vertical shaft motor, an apparatus driven thereby, an annular support which rests on the motor and supports said apparatus, a vertical bearing for the shaft having a detachable cap, arms formed integral with the support-and the fixedpart of the bearing, and means for sustaining the weight .of the cap when it is moved to and from its normal position.

2. In combination, a vertical shaft'motor,

an apparatus driven thereby, an annular I support which rests on the motor and supports said apparatus, a vertical bearing forthe shaft having a detachable cap, arms formed integral with the sup ort and the fixed part of the bearing, trac s-extending perpendicular to theshaft and in a position to support the cap at substantially its normal level, and means on the cap that cooperate with the tracks to permit-of its being moved along the latter.

3. In combinatiorga vertical shaft motor, an apparatus driven. thereby, an annular support-which rests on the motor and sup ports said apparatus, a vertical bearing for the shaft having a detachable cap, with shoulders on its sides, arms. l'ormed integral with the support and the fixed part of the bearing, and horizontal tracks carried by two of the arms, the said shoulders on the bearing cap resting on the tracks and supporting it when the cap bolts are removed and also permitting the cap to be moved toward and away from the shaft and the fixed part of the bearing. I

4. In combination, a vertical shaft motor, an apparatus driven thereby, an annular support which rests on the motor and supports said a paratus, a vertical bearing for the shaft l iaving a detachable cap, radial and arallel arms formed integral with the fixed part of the bearing and the support, tracks Carried by the parallel arms,

ing and guiding the cap as'it is moved toward and away from the shaft.

5. In combination, a vertically disposed grooves in the cap into wlnch the tracks extend for supporta l annular support, a vertically disposed fixed l bearing member, asupport for said member formed integral with it and the support, a i detachable cap for the bearing, and means l for guiding the cap as it is moved toward and away from the shaft and its normal i position.

l 6. In combination, a vertically disposed annular support of relatively large diameter, 1 a vertically disposed bearing member of 1 relatively smalldiameter carried by the support at a point between its ends, a removable cap for the bearing, and'tracks carried by the support on which the cap rests for moving it toward and awayfrom the shalt and said bearing member.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of February, 1909.

OSCAR JUNGGREN.

Witnesses BENJAMiN 'B. HULL, lTlELEN Onronn. 

